Angie Churchill - Softball Coach - Seton Hall University Athletics

Angie Churchill

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
angela.churchill@shu.edu
Phone:
(973) 275-2408

Angie Churchill, a veteran of the college softball world with 15 years of head coaching experience and a track record of elevating the programs she leads, enters her fifth season as Seton Hall's head coach in 2026.

In her fourth season, Curchill managed the second best offensive season of her Seton Hall managerial career. As a unit, the team recorded a single-season record for the most walks drawn in program history (229) in a dominant showing of plate discipline. The team also set new single-game record for runs (23), walks (14) and margin of victory (23) in a 23-0 run-rule win over Wagner. On the individual side, a four players recorded record-breaking campaigns. With a 56-walk season, Kelsey Carr set new single-season and career (134) marks for walks drawn. Sophomore phenom Katey Brennan followed up her BIG EAST Freshman of the Year campaign by breaking the single-season runs scored record (49) held by Taylor Hill. Olivia Gilbert, meanwhile, powered her way to a team-leading tally of 57 RBI, setting a new single season team record. The final member of the record-breaking quartet was Taylor Hill. In her final season, Hill set new program records for career doubles (63) and runs scored (161). For their performances, four Pirates landed themselves on the All-BIG EAST Second Team: Kelsey Carr (DP), Caroline Hobbes (2B), Olivia Gilbert (1B) and Kyra Kreuscher (P). By season's end, the Pirates finished with a 29-23 record overall and a 17-5 home record, securing the Pirates third consecutive winning season for the first time since 2002-05.

In 2024, her third season, the Pirates landed themselves in the BIG EAST Tournament for the second consecutive season after

In just her second season, Churchill guided the Pirates to one of their best seasons in program history, culminating with the team's first BIG EAST championship since 2005. The Pirates went a perfect 4-0 in the BIG EAST Tournament, defeating Villanova in the championship game to capture the program's third ever BIG EAST crown. Along the way, Seton Hall set new single-season team marks in runs scored (332), base hits (498), RBI (307), doubles (91), walks (195) and BIG EAST wins (18). Churchill and the Pirates also posted 42 wins overall, the second-most in team history. Under Churchill's tutelage, the Pirates placed three players on the All-BIG EAST First Team in Kelsey Carr, Shelby Smith and Abby Wingo. Carr was also named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year and Wingo received BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year honors. The +22 win improvement from the season prior was the largest turnaround from season-to-season in program history.

Churchill was hired by Seton Hall on June 21, 2021, becoming the sixth head coach in the 44-year history of Seton Hall softball. Her first season saw the Pirates go 20-23, an 11-win improvement from the year before. Churchill assisted in the development of Taylor Hill, who burst onto the scene in South Orange by winning BIG EAST Freshman of the Year. The Pirates excelled away from home during Churchill's first season at the helm, posting a 12-8 road record in 2022.

Prior to arriving in South Orange, Churchill spent four seasons as the head softball coach at the University of Hartford. At Hartford, Churchill made outstanding strides in elevating the softball program, which had won a total of 21 games in the four seasons immediately prior to her arrival. In her first season with the Hawks in 2018, the program had a six-win improvement, and then in 2019, she guided the Hawks to their first 20-win season since 2013 and an appearance in the America East Tournament. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hartford was only able to play a combined 29 games across the 2020 and 2021 seasons, but Churchill got the Hawks off to a 6-4 start in 2020, the program's best 10-game non-conference start since 2008.

Churchill's student-athletes developed into all-conference performers under her watch. In 2019, Hartford earned its first All-America East first-team selection since 2011 when Danielle Rocheleau was picked after hitting .421 with 20 extra-base hits, 31 runs scored and 36 RBI in 51 games. Rocheleau was a repeat first-team honoree in 2021 after hitting .426 with 10 extra-base hits and 10 runs scored in 19 games. In total, Churchill's student-athletes accumulated three All-America East honorees, two selections to the All-Rookie team, three All-Academic team selections and one America East Championship All-Tournament selection in her tenure.

In the classroom, Churchill's commitment to academic success led the Hawks to boast very high team cumulative grade-point averages, including 3.73 at the end of the 2019-20 year.

Prior to accepting the Hartford position, Churchill spent 2016 and 2017 leading the Wagner College softball program, where she took a Seahawks team that won only nine games the year prior to her arrival and immediately won 20 games in her first season. In year two, she guided Wagner to a 22-win season and the program's first winning Northeast Conference record (10-6) since 2008. The team also made its first NEC Tournament appearance since 2008 and advanced to its first championship game since 2007. While at Wagner, her student-athletes accumulated five All-NEC selections, three NEC All-Tournament selections and an NFCA Top 10 Academic Team Award.

Churchill got her head coaching start in 2011 when she was named the head coach at D'Youville College, located in Buffalo, N.Y. Inheriting a team that went 8-27 in 2010, she led the program to a 21-10 record and its first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) championship and NCAA regional berth in program history. She was named the 2011 AMCC Coach of the Year, and her student-athletes garnered a total of 12 all-conference selections, two pitcher of the year awards and one newcomer of the year award in her three seasons.

Churchill went on to win 35 more games at D'Youville before becoming the head coach at Georgian Court, where in 2014, her team advanced to NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2010, compiling a record of 33-24 and a second-place finish in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC). In her two years, she mentored five All-Conference performers, including the 2015 CACC Player of the Year.

Before embarking on her head coaching career, Churchill spent six seasons as a Division I assistant, including one year at Ohio before moving on to a five-year tenure with Buffalo, where she served three seasons as recruiting coordinator. In 2009, the Bulls won 25 games, which at the time tied for the most single-season wins in UB's Division I softball era.

Churchill was a four-year member of the University of Michigan softball team where she helped lead the Wolverines to a 191-57-1 record. In her four years, Michigan won three Big Ten regular season and tournament championships, advanced to the NCAA Tournament four times and advanced to the NCAA Women's College World Series three times. A stellar defensive player for the Wolverines and co-captain her senior year, Churchill was also a versatile performer who finished her career with a .957 fielding percentage. She saw playing time at all eight field positions, the bulk of which came at third base. A 2004 graduate, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management and Communication.

A Mokena, Ill., native, Churchill was an All-Illinois selection in 2000 at Lincoln-Way High School after leading her team to the Illinois High School Association Sectional championship in 1999. In addition to being a softball standout, Churchill also competed on her high school’s basketball and tennis teams.